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author Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa@gmail.com>
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Cygwin acronyms.

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* Favicon.

favicon.ico is Microsoft ico file. Some browser support png and git format.
Its size 16x16 or 32x32 pixel and 8-bit or 24-bit in color depth.

Browser searched for '/favicon.ico' in the root directory of website. Or as
W3C HTML recommend use in '<head>' tag:

  <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico" />
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="http://example.com/image.png">
  <link rel="icon" type="image/gif" href="http://example.com/image.gif">

If more than one Web page shares the same shortcut icon, the shortcut icon is
downloaded only once.

  http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon
                How to Add a Favicon to your Site
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537656%28VS.85%29.aspx
                How to Add a Shortcut Icon to a Web Page
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon